LIMIT & CONTINUITY

PROBLEM :
# Find the limit of the following functions:
1. lim
x →0
x
x +1 −1
12. lim
x →∞
(x 6
+ 5x3 − x3 )
⎧ −x
2x 2 − 5x + 2 ⎪ 2 ,−1 < x < 0
2. lim 2 13. f ( x) = ⎨e
x →2 5 x − 7 x − 6
⎪⎩ x 2 ,0 < x < 2
x
3. lim Find lim f ( x)
x →0 x x→0

⎧x 2 , x < 1
⎧2 − x , x < 1 ⎪
4. f ( x) = ⎨ 2 find lim f ( x) 14. f ( x) = ⎨2.4 , x = 1
⎩ x + 1 , x > 1 x→1
⎪ 2
⎩x + 1 , x > 1
⎧3 x − 1 , x < 1
5. f ( x) = ⎨ find lim f ( x) Does lim f ( x) exist ?
⎩3 − x , x > 1 x→1 x→1

⎧ 1
⎪ x + 2 , x < −2
⎪⎪
6. f ( x) = ⎨ x 2 − 5 ,−2 < x < 3 find lim f ( x) and lim f ( x)
x → −2
⎪
x→3

⎪ x + 13 , x > 3
⎩⎪
3x + 5 ⎧2 x + 1 , x < 1
7. lim 15. f ( x) = ⎨
x →∞ 6 x − 8
⎩3 − x , x > 1
3x + 5
8. lim 3 find lim f ( x)
x →∞ 6x − 8 x→1

x
4x 2 − x ⎛ 1⎞
9. lim 16. Prove that lim ⎜1 + ⎟ = e
x →−∞ 2 x 3 − 5 x →∞⎝ x⎠
10. lim
x →∞
(x 6
+ 5 − x3 )
⎧x 2 + 1 , x > 0
⎪
11. f ( x) = ⎨ 1 , x = 0 find lim f ( x)
⎪1 + x , x < 0
x→0

⎩
# Test the continuity of the following functions:

⎧Cosx , x ≥ 0
1. f ( x) = ⎨ at x = 0
⎩− Cosx , x < 0
⎧ xCos(1 / x) , x ≠ 0
2. f ( x) = ⎨ at x = 0
⎩ 0 ,x = 0
⎧e1 / x , x ≠ 0
3. f ( x) = ⎨ at x = 0
⎩ 1 ,x = 0
⎧ x ,x ≥ 0
⎪
4. f ( x) = ⎨ at x = 0
⎪⎩− x , x < 0
⎧ −x
⎪ 2 ,−1 < x < 0
5. f ( x) = ⎨e at x = 0
⎪⎩ x ,0 ≤ x < 2
2

⎧ 1
⎪( x − a ) Sin x≠a
6. f (X ) = ⎨ x−a at x = a
⎪⎩ 0 x=a
⎧ xSin(1 / x) , x ≠ 0
7. f ( x) = ⎨ at x = 0
⎩ 0 x=0
⎧ 1 ,x < 0
⎪
8. f ( x) = ⎨1 + Sinx ,0 ≤ x < π / 2 at x = 0 and x = π / 2
⎪
⎩ 2 + ( x − π / 2) , x ≥ π / 2
2

9. f ( x) = x + x − 1 at x = 0 and x = 1

⎧ x−3
⎪ ,x ≠ 3
10. f ( x) = ⎨ x − 3 at x = 3
⎪ 0 ,x = 3
⎩

⎧(1 + x )1 / x ,x ≠ 0
11. f ( x) = ⎨ at x = 0
⎩ 1 ,x = 0

⎧ e1 / x 2
⎪ ,x ≠ 0
12. f ( x) = ⎨ e1 / x 2 − 1 at x = 0
⎪
⎩ 1 ,x = 0